When I read a book I read it at varying speeds. Some stuff I read very quickly, but clever phrasing or a complex description causes me to slow down. Sometimes I re-read the same paragraph or sentence several times either to figure out what the author is saying or simply to continue the amusement.
Auto-scrolling might be ok for some things, but not for book reading.
Several years ago, my brother gave his little girl, who was about 3 years old at the time, an old Apple II computer that she could bang on so she wouldn't touch his machines.
My mother was there one day when the little girl was banging on that old computer. She said, "What are you doing?" and the little girl replied, "I'm hacking code, just like daddy!"
I own and operate a movie theatre, and my digital projector runs on Windows XP, believe it or not. (The server that talks to it runs on Linux.)
In my case, this setup is not on the Internet; all of the gadgets in my projection room talk only between themselves, so there is no particular security concern in that regard. But I wonder how many other folks have very expensive hardware like this that will probably never be upgraded to run on anything other than XP.
Assume that I create a PDF file with an embedded font that happens to be GPL-licensed. Is my document now subject to the GPL since it incorporates the GPL-licensed font?
The general concensus from the previous discussion appeared to be that (a) the GPL wasn't intended to be used for fonts, and using it that way is a bad idea, and (b) the resulting document would probably not be GPL. Of course, nobody is is a position to make any definite pronouncements about it since this issue has never come up in a courtroom, as far as I know.
You can see where their mindset is: "We have converted that into patents"...
Lets save lives, but be damn sure that we get paid for every single one.
Why is taxpayer-funded scientific research being patented in the first place? I've heard the argument before: Australian taxpayers paid for it, and deserve to profit from it. But what about American taxpayers, British taxpayers, Canadian taxpayers, etc? Is there no taxpayer-funded research done in any of those countries that could be considered a fair trade for Australian discoveries?
For a person to person letter, why not just use the same to and from address?
They can still figure out where the envelope was mailed from.
According to the article, they nabbed that actress who sent the poisoned letters a few weeks back by checking the images of the mail that was picked up immediately before and immediately after her letters were collected and from there they figured out what house they were sent from.
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I own and operate a movie theatre. I do eject people who violate the rules and one of the rules is "turn off your cell phone". I have a notice posted at the entrance to the auditorium, and I play a policy trailer before every show which says the same thing (with a little cartoon).
I'll tell you once to turn off your phone. The second time, you're leaving.
I rarely have to actually throw people out, though.
They get a $20 million tax refund in exchange for "creating" 29 jobs in the state.
Perhaps those 29 new employees (and the state) would be better off if the state gave each of them $689,000 and they could invest in their own new businesses instead?
My 2013 Ford Escape beeps the horn if I lock it with the remote. If I push the buttons on the keypad beside the driver's door to lock it, a light flashes on the driver's side outside mirror but the horn doesn't beep. Either way a small yellow "locked" light turns on in the center of the dashboard under the radio.
It also opens the back hatch if you kick your foot under the back bumper when the key is in your pocket, which is very handy. The owner's manual warns you about having the key in your pocket when washing the vehicle, though -- if you spray water under the rear bumper you could suddenly have the hatch opening. I always leave the key in the driver's cupholder when washing it to avoid that problem.
The key for my 2013 Ford Escape never leaves my pocket. When I touch the door handle it unlocks; I get in, step on the brake pedal, and press the Start button on the dashboard. Put it in gear and drive away.
All you need is the key within so-many feet of the vehicle.
Contrary to what appears to be a fairly popular belief, t's not "his own Facebook page". It's Facebook's page, and they can use it, mine it, and monetize it in any way they see fit.
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If this guy's minimum price is ten million dollars, won't he be on the hook for several hundred thousand in fees to ebay if it doesn't sell?
When I read a book I read it at varying speeds. Some stuff I read very quickly, but clever phrasing or a complex description causes me to slow down. Sometimes I re-read the same paragraph or sentence several times either to figure out what the author is saying or simply to continue the amusement.
Auto-scrolling might be ok for some things, but not for book reading.
Several years ago, my brother gave his little girl, who was about 3 years old at the time, an old Apple II computer that she could bang on so she wouldn't touch his machines.
My mother was there one day when the little girl was banging on that old computer. She said, "What are you doing?" and the little girl replied, "I'm hacking code, just like daddy!"
I own and operate a movie theatre, and my digital projector runs on Windows XP, believe it or not. (The server that talks to it runs on Linux.)
In my case, this setup is not on the Internet; all of the gadgets in my projection room talk only between themselves, so there is no particular security concern in that regard. But I wonder how many other folks have very expensive hardware like this that will probably never be upgraded to run on anything other than XP.
Moustache rides?
Really....
Your interest is in the contents, not the container. Therefore, once you have a known-good copy of the data, you're all set.
Remember to keep a few of the old tapes/drives/whatever for the museum display, of course.
You kind of missed the point.
Assume that I create a PDF file with an embedded font that happens to be GPL-licensed. Is my document now subject to the GPL since it incorporates the GPL-licensed font?
I submitted a post to Slashdot back in 2005 about whether printing a document using a GPL-licensed font would make the resulting document GPL.
This sounds like a similar issue.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/05/04/17/2118203/unintended-consequences-of-using-gpl-fonts
The general concensus from the previous discussion appeared to be that (a) the GPL wasn't intended to be used for fonts, and using it that way is a bad idea, and (b) the resulting document would probably not be GPL. Of course, nobody is is a position to make any definite pronouncements about it since this issue has never come up in a courtroom, as far as I know.
You can see where their mindset is: "We have converted that into patents"...
Lets save lives, but be damn sure that we get paid for every single one.
Why is taxpayer-funded scientific research being patented in the first place? I've heard the argument before: Australian taxpayers paid for it, and deserve to profit from it. But what about American taxpayers, British taxpayers, Canadian taxpayers, etc? Is there no taxpayer-funded research done in any of those countries that could be considered a fair trade for Australian discoveries?
For a person to person letter, why not just use the same to and from address?
They can still figure out where the envelope was mailed from.
According to the article, they nabbed that actress who sent the poisoned letters a few weeks back by checking the images of the mail that was picked up immediately before and immediately after her letters were collected and from there they figured out what house they were sent from.
Maybe because normal police don't have access to this.....
They do, though.
The article quotes a poice officer as stating that he just has to fill out a form to get the information when doing a criminal investigation.
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I own and operate a movie theatre. My ticket prices are: Adult $8, child 12-and-under $6. Add $3 to those prices if a movie is 3D.
Popcorn prices are $3, $4 and $5. Soda pop prices are $2, $2.50 and $3. Chocolate bars and candy are $2.
Movie theatres pay the film companies a percentage of each ticket sold. (I happen to own a theatre.)
I own and operate a movie theatre. I do eject people who violate the rules and one of the rules is "turn off your cell phone". I have a notice posted at the entrance to the auditorium, and I play a policy trailer before every show which says the same thing (with a little cartoon).
I'll tell you once to turn off your phone. The second time, you're leaving.
I rarely have to actually throw people out, though.
Several versions of Softporn Advetenture, including one with Pascal source code for the MS-DOS version, can be found at the bottom of this page.
They get a $20 million tax refund in exchange for "creating" 29 jobs in the state.
Perhaps those 29 new employees (and the state) would be better off if the state gave each of them $689,000 and they could invest in their own new businesses instead?
Most creative commons requires attribution. If you really "don't care", you should explicitly state that your software is CC0
My 2013 Ford Escape beeps the horn if I lock it with the remote. If I push the buttons on the keypad beside the driver's door to lock it, a light flashes on the driver's side outside mirror but the horn doesn't beep. Either way a small yellow "locked" light turns on in the center of the dashboard under the radio.
My 2013 Ford Escape does exactly this.
It also opens the back hatch if you kick your foot under the back bumper when the key is in your pocket, which is very handy. The owner's manual warns you about having the key in your pocket when washing the vehicle, though -- if you spray water under the rear bumper you could suddenly have the hatch opening. I always leave the key in the driver's cupholder when washing it to avoid that problem.
My 2013 Ford Escape beeps the horn and puts a "Key not in the vehicle" if I leave it running and step out of the door.
The key for my 2013 Ford Escape never leaves my pocket. When I touch the door handle it unlocks; I get in, step on the brake pedal, and press the Start button on the dashboard. Put it in gear and drive away.
All you need is the key within so-many feet of the vehicle.
I just bought one of these a couple of weeks back:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8cdd/
It's surprisingly good quality for $20, too.
I decided to buy it after reading this:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/04/23/mb-smartphones-skimmer-credit-card-winnipeg.html
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/144888/wordpress/2011-03-16-commodore/c64.ttf
Contrary to what appears to be a fairly popular belief, t's not "his own Facebook page". It's Facebook's page, and they can use it, mine it, and monetize it in any way they see fit.